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L.A. tightens boarding house rules

Barely a week after four people were found shot dead outside an unlicensed boarding house in Northridge, a bill that would regulate such homes drew passionate responses Monday. Eric Hartley in the Daily News.

About three dozen people, split between supporters and opponents, spoke at a hastily scheduled meeting of the Los Angeles City Council’s Public Safety Committee.

After agreeing to amendments, the committee sent the Community Care Facilities Ordinance to the full City Council, which could vote as soon as January.